Business Tech
Customers have become more in control of how they interact with us but we are yet to make the leap of mapping our goals to that of the customer needs and concerns with the solutions our products or services provide.
We’re more accessible to each other in the digital realm than we’ve ever been in the physical realm, and there’s no denying it – we’re living in an age where online connectivity is a major means of communication.
SMS is a low-cost, low-entry must-have for micro and small businesses.
Using an ‘IT Managed Service’ has traditionally been regarded as an option available to large organisations but technology is evolving and having a company to manage your IT needs is much more common place for businesses of all sizes.
The Bring Your Own Device trend, where employees bring their own tablets or smartphones to connect to the business network, is here to stay. The reality of this is that the majority of employee-owned mobile devices also come with consumer applications already installed. As an SMB works with employees and embraces BYOD, they often unwittingly, end up embracing an avalanche of third party apps.
Getting your email opened is the first step but convincing people to click on your links is the end goal. Here are 5 practical tips to improve your email marketing.
Organisations often use software that is completely inappropriate for the size of their organisation. Frequently there is a belief within organisations that they need one of the big players (SAP, Oracle, etc) to deliver their solution because “that’s what everyone else is doing”.
Data sovereignty pertains to data storing, sending and processing restrictions outside national borders. Legally termed as “trans-border data flow” data sovereignty still remains to be one of the top concerns of SMBs hindering them to move their business to the cloud.
Office technology is moving faster than its decomposition rate, with electronic waste (eWaste) rising to three times the normal rate of household rubbish. So what can small business owners do to be socially responsible and ensure that their business is reducing their carbon footprint
With over two million apps available in app stores today, employees have the ability to make decisions, and download things which allow them to be more productive in what they do. Here an insider shares his insights into the latest BYOD trend, and how the apps we download will affect it.
Though businesses of all sizes are starting to dip their corporate toes into this space, 3D printing is not a silver bullet solution. Savvy entrepreneurs should ask, how will it work for my business?
Regardless of whether it’s a presentation, proofreading, or administration, companies rely on paper for their day to day functioning. Consequently, the presence of an unreliable, costly, inefficient and poor quality printer can spell doom for a company.
Has our 24/7 addiction to connectivity across LCD/retina display screens, be them iPhones, tablets or PCs made the intimacy of face to face human connections obsolete?
If you use cloud accounting, no doubt you’re keen to ensure the safety of your business’ confidential accounting information. This is how to ensure your valuable data is covered from all angles.
For the last 15 years, the retail technology landscape resembled a minefield and it still does, but the mines have become more sophisticated. Disparity of costs, features and opinions make technology procurement a daunting and dangerous task for retail business managers.
Admit it, we’re a smartphone-obsessed society. Although these devices deliver some huge benefits to our lives, our attachment to them has given a new avenue for hackers to attack – via malicious apps. Here’s how to know whether the app you’re about to download is safe.
Running a successful business requires a great deal of time and energy. Sweat, blood and tears in most instances. There’s nothing worse than having to waste time and energy dealing with spam when you’d rather be getting more important things done.
There are plenty of reasons why businesses are taking their work onto the cloud. Here are 21 of them.
Cloud computing is currently a hot technology topic and if it isn’t on business owners’ minds today it will be soon. But misunderstandings often create confusion and hinder adoption, so with this in mind, here are 4 key cloud myths – busted.
Should you be worried about what you put in the cloud? There are some security and privacy issues that you do need to be aware of. For the prospective adopters of cloud computing, binding laws such as the US Patriot Act have brought risks to the table that most businesses are simply not comfortable dealing with.
